Earth, clay and gravel are compressed to form the walls of this observation tower designed by De Gouden Liniaal Architecten to offer views of a nature reserve spanning the Belgian-Dutch border. More about Rammed-earth tower by De Gouden Liniaal Architecten overlooks the Maas river
Dezeen promotion: London's RCA has launched two new 15-month MA programmes in environmental architecture and city design starting in September 2017. More about Royal College of Art launches masters degrees in environmental architecture and city design
Skateboards, Snapchat Spectacles, an early Gay Pride flag and a self-driving car sit side by side in a new Design Museum exhibition that explores how California has become the new centre of the design industry. More about "Designed in California" is the new "made in Italy" according to Design Museum exhibition
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior architect to join MAD in Beijing, where the firm is close to completing its mountain-shaped Chaoyang Park Plaza tower complex. More ›
More about Job of the day: senior architect at MAD
British duo Hufton + Crow visited Bangkok to capture these images of Thailand's tallest tower, which was designed by Ole Scheeren and features modular cutaways spiralling around its facades. More about Ole Scheeren's pixelated MahaNakhon tower photographed by Hufton + Crow
Early renderings have emerged of The Wall Street Tower, a 61-storey skyscraper designed by British architect David Adjaye for Downtown Manhattan. More about Images of New York skyscraper by David Adjaye leaked
An illuminated alabaster totem pole and a marble disk that appears to balance on a neon string feature in New York design collective Colony's politically charged furniture and lighting installation. More about Colony reacts to US political landscape with Lightness exhibition in New York
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a customisable kitchen island for Italian brand Boffi, which is fitted in apartments of the firm's 520 West 28th project nearing completion in New York's Chelsea. More about Zaha Hadid Architects' kitchen for New York condo building launched by Boffi
IKEA is set to increase its production of furniture in the UK as a way to keep costs down following the country's decision to leave the European Union. More about IKEA could move more manufacturing to UK to avoid post-Brexit price hikes
The UK's Labour Party has praised the nation's architecture and design sector, and promised to put the creative sector at the centre of Brexit negotiations if it wins next month's general election. More about Labour Party pledges to put creative industries at heart of UK's Brexit negotiations with dedicated manifesto
American firm Studio B faced challenging site conditions while conceiving this contemporary Colorado dwelling that sits atop a concrete plinth. More about Studio B wraps elevated Aspen home in zinc and glass
The unusual windows of a new hotel opened as part of Heatherwick Studio's overhaul of a former grain silo building in Cape Town sparked a mixed bag of reactions in this week's comments update. More about "I want to dislike it because it's Heatherwick. But I love it"
The winning entry plus eight runners up in Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition will be on display at the London showroom of Italian furniture brand Arper this week, as part of Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Arper showroom hosts exhibition of Brexit passport designs during Clerkenwell Design Week
A cabin shaped like a huge black hat and a structure designed to resemble a dragon's eye are among a series of eight pop-up holiday homes designed to move around the Welsh landscape. More about Eight pop-up "glamping" cabins built to tour the Welsh countryside
For this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, London designer Giles Miller worked with watch brand Shinola to create a pavilion made from 8,000 lightning-bolt-shaped pieces of plywood. More about Giles Miller installs louvred plywood pavilion in London's Clerkenwell
Copenhagen-based Anker Bak has created a foldable rocking chair that incorporates traditional materials with a minimalist approach. More about Young Danish designer reimagines the rocking chair at Carl Hansen & Son's New York showroom
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior sales manager to join Lee Broom's New York studio, which recently presented 10 years of work on a modernist merry-go-round. More ›
More about Job of the day: sales manager for Lee Broom
Giant saw-tooth sections containing north-facing windows channel daylight into the machine and assembly halls of this car manufacturing factory for Jaguar Land Rover in England's West Midlands. More about Arup Associates completes enormous day-lit factory for Jaguar Land Rover in England
From 13 unusual takes on the shaving brush to interactive live and work spaces, we've picked out the best in show at this year's WantedDesign trade fairs in New York. More about Dezeen's top 10 products and installations at WantedDesign 2017
American firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has completed a multifamily apartment building with a sculptural interior courtyard and a monochrome facade. More about LOHA creates housing block with curvilinear courtyard in LA's Koreatown